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Functional Common and Rare ERBB2 Germline Variants Cooperate in Familial and Sporadic Cancer Susceptibility.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Apr 2021
Bao Riyue, Ng Anita, Sasaki Mark, Esai Selvan Myvizhi, Katti Alyna, Lee Hyesan, Huang Lei, Skol Andrew D, Lavarino Cinzia, Salvador Hector, Klein Robert J, Gümüş Zeynep H, Mora Jaume, Onel Kenan
Abstract excerpt
We investigated a Spanish and Catalan family in which multiple cancer types tracked across three generations, but for which no genetic etiology had been identified. Whole-exome sequencing of germline DNA from multiple affected family members was performed to identify candidate variants to explain this occurrence of familial cancer. We discovered in all cancer-affected family members a single rare heterozygous...
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